DBWI: The US Presidential Election of 1948

Who are you going to vote?

  • Democrates: President Huey Long & Vice President Henry Wallace

    Votes: 9 30.0%
  • Conservative Republicans/Dixiecrats: Joseph McCarthy & Strom Thurmond

    Votes: 7 23.3%
  • Liberal Republicans: Thomas Dewey & Douglas MacArthur

    Votes: 14 46.7%

  • Total voters
    30
It's election time in the USA. And it's the first election since the end of WWII and the beginning of the cold war between the US and the USSR. But it is one of the most important elections in the US History so far. One the one hand we have Democratic President Huey Long, who seeks his third term since he won the presidency against Alf Landon in 1940. But Longs radical policies made him unpopular in certain circles. Mostly in wealthy, conservative and anti-communist ones. But he's popular within the "common people" and within all races, especially the Afro-Americans, since Long did much for them. And not to forget, he won the war in Europe and in Asia.

His running mate is Henry Wallace, which stood by his side since 1940. And he will be probably his successor in 1952 or whenever Long decides to retire. And Wallace is even more disputed, because of his suspected sympathy of Stalin and the USSR. But he's the Vice President anyway...

The Republicans are torn apart. Officially, Joseph McCarthy runs for presidency. His stern anti-communism made him popular within conservatives and anti-communists. And he had a considerably base when he was appointed. Though he faced heavy resistance in the liberal wing, led by Thomas Dewey. An important fact as we'll see.

Originally, McCarthy wanted to appoint Douglas MacArthur as his running mate. A war hero and very popular in the US. And a man from the military. But then, other events came between...

Southern Democrats, dissatisfied with Longs politics, especially with his desegregation appointed an own presidential candidate. Senator Strom Thurmond. They had a solid base in the deep south. Something McCarthy wanted to use for his own benefit. So he dumped MacArthur and chose Thurmond as his running mate. But this made him completely unpopular within liberals and even in his own party, as some felt it as a betrayal against the own party.

That's why the liberal wing of the G.O.P arranged an own ticket. They nominated Thomas Dewey as their candidate, and Dewey chose Douglas MacArthur as his running mate, a move which enraged McCarthy, as he felt (or realized), that he lacked support from his own party. The republicans are indeed torn apart...

So who are you going to vote? Long/Wallace, McCarthy/Thurmond or Dewey/MacArthur?
 
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They're all pretty rotten tickets, but the Dewey-MacArthur one is the least bad, so I am voting for Dewey and praying for his good health as President.

McCarthy and Long are both psychopaths. Wallace is a fellow-traveler. Thurmond is a racist.

MacArthur is also a wackjob, but Dewey is sensible. And maybe MacArthur's willingness to run with Dewey means he is more moderate than I figured.
 
Liberal Republicans the last sane party in the United States. At least they don't advocate segegration and war against the Soviets like Thurmond nor a dissolution of TOA (OOC: This TL's equivalent of NATO) and disarmament like Long and Wallace.
 
Liberal Republicans the last sane party in the United States. At least they don't advocate segegration and war against the Soviets like Thurmond nor a dissolution of TOA (OOC: This TL's equivalent of NATO) and disarmament like Long and Wallace.

TOA = ?

I also support Dewey. McCarthy and Thurmond is the worst possible thing. Long and Wallace aren't that bad (Wallace at least), but I'm not so sure that they can lead the USA in times of peace. So Dewey/MacArthur seems the best choice to me.

OoC: I don't see why there shouldn't be a NATO, as WWII went like in OTL.
 
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TOA = ?

I also support Dewey. McCarthy and Thurmond is the worst possible thing. Long and Wallace aren't that bad, but I'm not so sure that they can lead the USA in times of peace. So Dewey/MacArthur seems the best choice to me.

OoC: I don't see why there shouldn't be a NATO, as WWII went like in OTL.

OOC: TOA stands for Trans-Oceanic Alliance and it contains in addition to most of OTL NATO European members countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Australasia.
 
MacArthur and Halsey won us the war in the Pacific and Patton won us the war in Europe, not Good King Huey. The man has been a dictator since he entered office, and I have serious questions about the legitimacy of the elections in 1944, especially with the assassination of Senator Taft just as he looked like he would unseat President Long. Whats even worse is Henry Wallace isn't a Communist, he never has been, never will be and I think he's a good man, but Huey Long is. Anyone else remember "Share our Wealth" and "Every Man a King"? The man needs be be removed from office.

I was worried however when McCarthyn who is likely just a dictatorial a Long, popped up as the GOP's nomination. Thank God, he too is a idiot of Huey's caliber and dropped MacArthur in favor of that racist Thurmond, because it gave the legitimate Republicans a reason to run a reasonable ticket.
 
OOC: Kudos for the original ticket ideas!

Thanks :)

OT: Yes, the scandal of 1944...what has Robert Taft ever done? Nothing, except being Isolationist and Republican. Okay, he was released after the election, but his career has been ruined. But Long has the Democrats in his grasp. Nobody dared to oppose him, or to impeach him.

But also because of the foreign policy I hope that Dewey wins. Long ram the knife into the allies back by introducing pseudo-socialist policies in the American Occupation Zone in Germany like the nationalisation of factories. Dewey on the other hand will try everything to have good relations with foreign countries.
 

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McCarthy and Thurmond will finally give America the greatness she deserve. The treacherous Communists and their evil allies will suffer in Hell!!
 
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